Dangote ready to call back sacked oil workers…but they won’t return to refinery

1.10.2025
Sacked workers of the Dangote Refinery will be recalled and redeployed to other subsidiaries of the Dangote Group.
This was made known by the Nigerian minister of labour and employment Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi on Wednesday in Abuja after a meeting between Dangote Refinery management and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), to resolve their industrial dispute.
“After examining the procedure used in the disengagement of workers, the meeting agreed that the management of Dangote Group shall immediately begin the process of redeploying the disengaged staff to other companies within the group, with no loss of pay. No worker will be victimised arising from their role in the impasse between Dangote and PENGASSAN,” Dingyadi said.
According to him, the truce followed a compromise by both parties, with PENGASSAN agreeing to suspend its nationwide strike action. He stressed that the right to unionise was guaranteed under Nigerian law and should be respected.
He further explained that both sides had reached a compromise, noting that “PENGASSAN agreed to start the process of calling off the strike. Both parties agreed to this understanding in good faith.”
“No worker will be victimised arising from their role in the impasse between Dangote and PENGASSAN,” the minister stated.
Meanwhile PENGASSAN has suspended its nationwide strike which began on Monday, September 27.
PENGASSAN president, Comrade Festus Osifo, said the union chose to suspend the strike out of respect for national institutions and the mediation effort by the federal government.